createUserFromCSV.sh
#!/bin/bash

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# DESCRIPTION
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#	This script reads a CSV of usernames and email addresses and imports them to the JSS.
#	The format must be username in the first column and email address in the second
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# HISTORY
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#  	-Created by Sam Fortuna, JAMF Software, LLC, on June 18th, 2014
#	-Updated by Sam Fortuna, JAMF Software, LLC, on August 5th, 2014
#		-Improved error handling
#		-Returns a list of failed submissions
#	-Updated by TJ Bauer, JAMF Software, LLC, on September 9th, 2014
#		-Improved reading of file
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#Variables
file="/path/to/file.csv"					#Path to the CSV
server="your.jss.com"						#Server name
username="admin"							#JSS username with API privileges
password="password"							#Password for the JSS account

#Option to read in the path from Terminal
if [[ "$file" == "" ]]; then
	echo "Please enter the path to the CSV"
	read file
fi

#Verify we can read the file
data=`cat $file`
if [[ "$data" == "" ]]; then
	echo "Unable to read the file path specified"
	echo "Ensure there are no spaces and that the path is correct"
	exit 1
fi

#Set a counter for the loop
counter="0"

duplicates=[]
#Loop through the CSV and submit data to the API
while read name
do
	counter=$[$counter+1]
	line=`echo "$data" | head -n $counter | tail -n 1`
	user=`echo "$line" | awk -F , '{print $1}'`
	email=`echo "$line" | awk -F , '{print $2}'`
	
	echo "Attempting to create user - $user : $email"
	
	#Construct the XML
	apiData="<user><name>${user}</name><email>${email}</email></user>"
	output=`curl -k -u $username:$password -H "Content-Type: text/xml" https://$server:8443/JSSResource/users/id/0 -d "$apiData" -X POST`

	#Error Checking
	error=""
	error=`echo $output | grep "Conflict"`
	if [[ $error != "" ]]; then
		duplicates+=($user)
	fi
done < $file

echo "The following users could not be created:"
printf -- '%s\n' "${duplicates[@]}"

exit 0
